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ShinEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Scottish Gaelic abhainn Sin.
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Borrowed from Korean 신 (sin), derived from 申, 辛, or 愼.
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From Middle English schyne, from Old English scinu, from Proto-West Germanic *skinu, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Cognate with West Frisian skine, Dutch scheen, German Schiene. Not related to skin.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- ShinEnglish · e-38700-1616
Shin, shin, n. the large bone of the leg or the forepart of it: a bird's shank.—v.i. to climb a tree (with up): to tramp, trudge.—v.t. to climb a tree by swarming up it: to kick on the shins.—ns. Shin′-bone, the tibia; S
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Shin, shin, n. a god, or the gods: the term used by Protestant missionaries in Japan and China for the Supreme Being.
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